Henry Miller's Idle Observations

Quote of the Day

A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can
only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves
largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority
always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the
public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over
loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship.

—Despite the urban legend that this was written by a guy named
Alexander Tytler, no one seems to know its provenance. That doesn't make
it any less true.